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Governor Spitzer Favors Deaths of New Yorkers

By |2023-05-20T09:40:44-04:00October 25th, 2007|

The facts for this comment, but not its legal conclusions, come from an article in the New York Post on October 24th.

This story in the Post speculates that Governor Spitzer’s plan to force the issue of drivers’ licenses for illegal aliens will cause political harm to Democrats. The paper reports senior Democrat officials as predicting that the Governor’s action will cause “a mass exodus” from the Democrats in state and local races.

That may be true, but there are stronger and more basic reasons for opposing the Governor’s plan, opposition which today includes a law suit filed by an upstate County Clerk, who claims […]

Judge Overrules Right of Municipalities to Protect Against Illegal Immigration

By |2023-05-20T09:41:24-04:00July 27th, 2007|

Executive Summary:

Judge Munley has ruled (AP: “Judge strikes down Hazleton’s illegal immigrant law,”) that local ordinances to protect munincipalities of bearing the cost of illegal immigration, like the one in Hazelton, PA, re “preempted by federal law.” This is flatly contrary to prior decisions of the Supreme Court. The driving force behind the appeal of this case, and a similar decision by another federal judge against ordinances of Farmers Branch, Texas, will be future harms to the American citizens who live in those towns. There will be more rapes, robberies, assaults and murders of citizens by illegal aliens. There will be more […]

John Armor: House and Senate Act Oppositely on 'Sanctuary Cities'

By |2023-05-20T09:39:00-04:00June 19th, 2007|

In the last week (as of 18 June), the US Senate and House have acted in opposite directions on the subject of “Sanctuary Cities.” These are cities which take deliberate steps to protect illegal immigrants within their boundaries, who can and should be deported, and in some cases already have been deported at least once.

In the Senate, Senator Coleman proposed amendment #1158. This would have amended the “comprehensive” illegal immigration bill before the Senate last week, and rising from the dead to be before the Senate again this week. Coleman’s proposal would have required that local law enforcement is not prohibited (in “sanctuary cities”) from […]

John Armor: ID Cards for Illegals?

By |2023-05-20T09:39:04-04:00June 5th, 2007|

The Aldermen of New Haven, Connecticut, have just approved ID cards for illegal immigrants in that City. The purpose is to allow them to open bank accounts and receive city services including welfare. Was anyone on the Board of Aldermen thinking when they adopted this measure?

To put this in context, would they even consider offering Get Out of Jail Free cards for bank robbers in New Haven? How about Free Lance Pharmacy cards for drug dealers? I shudder to think what they might do, to give a free ride to rapists or child molesters.

There is, of course, a serious point here. Under federal […]

ACLU Favors Voter Rights for Felons and Illegals, Not Law-Abiding Americans

By |2023-05-20T09:39:05-04:00June 4th, 2007|

Perhaps someone will remind the ACLU that the “A” in their acronym is for “American”? Until then, I am afraid that the American Civil Liberties Union will continue to work overtime to undermine the popular will and rights of law-abiding American citizens in order to secure privileges for the law-breakers within our borders, whether they broke our laws crossing our borders or have committed felonies.

Late last week, the ACLU filed suit in Arizona on behalf of five felons who want their voting privileges returned, despite committing crimes that under state law forfeits that privilege. According to the story in the Arizona Daily Star, “this […]

What Exactly Is Given Sanctuary in "Sanctuary Cities?"

By |2023-05-20T09:39:07-04:00May 31st, 2007|

Scott Johnson of Power Line tells us what gets sanctuary in “sanctuary cities” in his shocking report, which I repeat in full below. To give the short answer, what gets sanctuary is human trafficking and sex slavery.

When the police turn a blind eye to the law — when they are ordered turn a blind eye — what exactly did we think was going to happen?

Read Scott’s report:

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Disrespect for Law Doesn't Always Stop Where You Think It Will

By |2023-05-20T09:39:15-04:00May 16th, 2007|

A Reuters article published yesterday (“Workers sue U.S. factory after immigration raid”) reports that several hundred illegal immigrant workers at a plant south of Boston have sued the company for cheating them on their wages. The article portrays the illegal immigrants as victims — of the government’s raid, and of factory management’s greed — but there is a different way to look at it.

About a month ago, I wrote in this space that the foremost reason to oppose “sanctuary cities” and their indulgence of illegal immigration is that these things sow disrespect for the rule of law:

“If elected officials pretending to be […]

The Top Five Reasons to Oppose "Sanctuary Cities"

By |2023-05-20T09:38:07-04:00April 13th, 2007|

Reason No. 5: Because sanctuary cities facilitate and encourage illegal immigration, they are unfair to legal immigrants, who waited in line, followed the rules and showed respect for the law.

Reason No. 4: Sanctuary cities impose costs on their residents — citizens and legal immigrants — that they shouldn’t have to bear. Tax dollars that ought properly to benefit the people who paid them go instead to underwrite hospital, police, prison and education services for those who are not entitled to be here in the first place.

Reason No. 3: Sanctuary cities […]

OneNewsNow.com: 'American Civil Rights Union Blasts Sanctuary City Policy'

By |2023-05-20T09:38:08-04:00April 12th, 2007|

OneNewsNow.com today features an article on the ACRU’s opposition to the distrubing trend of American cities declaring themselves “sanctuary cities” for illegal aliens. The article – “American Civil Rights Union Blasts Sanctuary City Policy” – comes out of their recent radio interview with Bill Otis, director of legal affairs at the American Civil Rights Union.

As Bill is quoted in the article,

“As serious as the problems of illegal immigration may be even more serious is the problem of officials in this country turning their back on the law.”

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